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WATERBURY — A fight in a Naugatuck apartment on Wednesday has led to two 20-year-old men sitting in jail on six-figure bonds, while a man who plunged four stories after the initial brawl remained in critical condition Friday evening.

Salomon Martinez, 24, of Stratford was in intensive care in Waterbury Hospital three days after he was found on the concrete sidewalk at 8 Pond St. in Naugatuck.

Multiple witnesses, most in their 20s, were enjoying themselves at a party in the apartment, according to court documents released Friday. The fight that led up to Martinez's plunge from the window appeared to have erupted after a game of beer pong, a drinking game played with cups, ping-pong balls and a table.

Although police recorded varying statements from witnesses about the fight, one thing was clear — Martinez suffered serious, long-term injuries from the fall. He fractured his skull, broke both legs, bruised his heart, ruptured his bowels and had bleeding in his brain.

A prosecutor said Friday he received information that Martinez was using a ventilator to breathe, and police have said he was on life support.

The apartment was a wreck when police arrived early Wednesday morning. Shards of glass were on the floor, blood smears were on the wall and the lower half of a fourth-floor bedroom window was shattered.

Several men, including Gonzalez, were playing beer pong and had placed a $10 bet on the outcome, according to several witnesses. The fight, which may have included up to seven people, including Martinez, erupted when one team lost. Several men punched each other and bottles were thrown during the brawl, witnesses told police.

The woman who hosted the party, Stephanie Dwyer, told police that Martinez smashed a large aquarium that held a gecko on her head during the melee. When she tried to rise, he hit her on the head with a computer monitor, she told police.

Paul Butler, whose face was swollen when police found him, said he was jumped in the fight but saw Chandler and Gonzalez chase Martinez up a flight of stairs that led to the fourth floor. How Martinez fell from the window to the pavement is unclear.

Gonzalez's brother told police that Chandler arrived at his home early on the morning of the fight covered in blood.

Chandler told the man that they had been jumped by men at a party, but when they chased one of combatants into a bedroom, he jumped from a window.

A witness told police that Gonzalez told her Martinez pulled a knife on him, so he kicked him out of a window, court documents indicate.

Chandler gave a different version to police, saying he was talking with an ex-girlfriend at the party when several men "jumped" Gonzalez in the kitchen. Chandler told police Martinez hit him with a bottle when he intervened and Gonzalez chased him up a set of apartment stairs, but he didn't know what happened after that.

Chandler's father, Shawn Chandler, and a friend who said she was at the party that night, said Friday that Martinez came after Chandler with shards of glass. He said he removed a shard of glass that was about the size of a fingernail from his son's neck.

A white bandage was wrapped around Chandler's hand during his arraignment Friday in Waterbury Superior Court. Although his attorney, Ioannis Kaloidis, said Chandler didn't have a criminal record and the facts of the case seemed to be unclear. Judge Roland Fasano set his bond at $500,000.

"It's our position that Mr. Chandler was attacked in this situation," Kaloidis said.

Gonzalez, who also faces a second-degree assault charge, is being held on bonds totaling $700,000. Both men are expected back in court later this month.

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Reality check wrote on Jan 19, 2013 9:20 AM:

" Let these two little scumbags rot in jail. They left him lying on the sidewalk without getting him help. Now we must leave them in jail until they die. Chandler family well known scum bums in Naugatuck. Unfornately this family will probably lose their son, so now it's time for the others to lose theirs!!!! "

" I wish the paper wouldn't be so one sided! Get Sal's side of the story from his friends who were there! They way Sal is portrayed in this article is not him at all! Sal would NEVER hurt a girl. He stood up for my sister and saved her life THE VERY FIRST NIGHT THEY MET. Sal doesn't deserve to be portrayed this way. It's bad enough he is fighting for his life! "

" Also, a lot of the injuries listed here are wrong. He did not break his legs... He did not bruise his heart... And he did not have blood on the brain. Sal bruised his lungs, had air on his brain, broke his ribs and half his face. This is the problem with media.. They will report anything without knowing the facts! Also, Sal was not playing beer pong, and the only reason was Sal jumped into the fight was because his friend was being jump.

The only people who know the truth are the kids who did and Sal. The kids won't talk... And Sal cannot defend his side of the story because of his condition. And supposedly there was a person in the room when it happened, if that is true he/SHE needs to come forward and stop protecting the bad people. GET SAL'S STORY! Stop being one-sided! #JusticeForSal "

" Everyone keeps saying every thing about that night but yet none of you were there. Sals friend was not getting jumped Matthew was getting jumped and Kyle was trying to help him and that when innocent Sal smashed a beer bottle over Kyles head. Everyone is saying Sals a good guy which I do believe but alcohol does change people. And everyone keeps saying they left him for dead I'm sorry was there anyone who was right there when the cops came to the house no everyone scattered because no one that was using or had drugs on them wanted to get caught. Just because Matthew is a Chandler does not automatically make him a scumbag. You people should actually know these people before judging them because your going to feel like real scum when the end they didn't do it. No one knows the truth but Matthew,Kyle,and Sal. And Sal may be fighting for his life but so are these kids. They are 20 years old facing a lot of time. Sal is making it through and getting stronger everyday these boys are getting weaker everyday and being torn down by the media. No one knows the truth so everyone needs to stop assuming stuff. "

One of the witnesses at the party, has been staying at my house for the past couple days! Yes, I wasn't there. But there are plenty of people saying that Sal was not involved in beer pong or the fight. I'm just trying to prove a point.. Where is Sal's side of the story? "

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